Schools and Local History
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Victorian New Cross
1839 New Cross station opened (named
New Cross Gate in 1923) on London & Croydon.
1840s Robert Browning lived near New Cross Road at Telegraph Cottage.
1843 Royal Naval School opened by Prince Albert (on site of present day
Goldsmiths).
1854 St James Church built.
1859 Haberdasher Aske's surveyor William Snooke wrote a report
recommending the laying out of wide tree-lined roads for the construction of
'dwelling houses of a high standard.'
1865 Hatcham had a population of 17,168.
1865 Toll gate removed.
1869 Hatcham Park House demolished. Egmont & Casella Roads built.
1870s Haberdashers' Company laid out Hatcham Manor Estate (including
Erlanger, Jerningham, Pepys and Waller Rds).
1875 Haberdashers Askes School for Boys & Girls opened on Pepys Road.
1889 Royal Naval School moved to Chislehurst.
1891 Goldsmiths' Company's Technical & Recreative Institute opened.
Haberdasher Askes School for Girls opened on Jerningham Road.
1893 Church of St Catherine opened on Pepys Road.
1894 New Cross Fire Station built.
1895 Telegraph Hill Park opened.
Goldsmith's Tavern built on site of New Cross House pub (gave name to area).
Current Schools
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Tuition Page| Addey & Stanhope |
020 8692 3012 |
472 New Cross Rd |
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Albyn Rd (St Stephens) |
020 8692 5004 |
Albyn Rd |
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Alleyn's |
020 8693 3422 |
Townley Rd |
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Ashmead Primary |
020 8692 6081 |
Ashmead Rd |
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Blackheath High |
020 8853 2929 |
Vanburgh Pk |
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Brockley Cross Nursery |
020 8694 2593 |
111 Endwell Road |
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Brockley Primary |
020 8692 2762 |
Beecroft Rd |
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| Catford County Girls' School |
020 8697-8911 |
Bellingham Road |
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Catherine House Day Nursery |
020 8692 5015 |
71 Tressillian Road |
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Crofton Secondary |
020 8690 1114 |
Manwood Rd |
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Chelwood Nursery |
020 7639 2514 |
St Norberts Rd |
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Cherryli Nursery |
020 8691 0497 |
40 Tyrwhitt Rd |
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| Christ the King College |
020 8297 9433 |
Belmont Grove |
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Forest Hill Secondary |
020 8699 9343 |
Dacres Road |
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| Goldsmiths College |
020 7919 7171 |
New Cross Rd |
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Good News Playgroup |
Crofton Park Baptist Church, Brockley Grove |
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Gordonbrock |
020 8690 0801 |
Gordonbrock Rd |
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Goslings |
020 7639 5261 |
106 Evelina Road |
Picpage/goslings.htm Picpage/goslings.htmNursery |
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Greenwich College |
020 8853 4484 |
Royal Hill, Greenwich |
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| Haberdashers Askes Boys |
020 7652 9500 (phone) |
Pepys Rd |
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| Haberdashers Askes Girls |
020 7652 9500 (phone) |
Jerningham Rd |
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Hillyfields Day Nursery |
020 8694 1069 |
41 Harcourt Rd |
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Honor Oak Early Years Centre |
Brockley Way |
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Humpty Dumpty |
Crofton Leisure Centre, Manwood Road |
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Ivydale Primary |
020 7639 2702 |
Ivydale Rd |
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John Stainer |
020 7639 0482 |
Mantle Rd |
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Ladywell Early Years Centre |
30 Rushy Mead |
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| Lewisham College |
020 8692 0353 |
Lewisham Way |
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Lewisham College Nursery |
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Lillingtons' Montessori Nursery School |
020 8690 2184 |
20 Chudleigh Rd |
Family run, 14 places, age 2½ - 5 years |
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Lucas Vale Primary |
020 8692 4660 |
Thornville St |
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| Myatt Garden Primary |
020 8691 0611 |
Rokeby Rd |
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Prendergast Secondary |
020 8690 3710 |
Hillyfields, Adelaide Av. |
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Ruskin House School |
020 8692 5012 |
Tressillian Road |
Picpage/ruskin.htmPicpage/ruskin.htmNursery |
| Sedge Hill |
Sedgehill Rd |
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St Andrews (Church) |
020 8692 5041 |
Brockley Road |
Nursery |
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St Dunstans |
020 8690 1274 |
Stanstead Rd |
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St Mary Magdalene |
020 8692 5055 |
Howson Rd |
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| St Stephen's Primary |
020 8692 1898 |
Albyn Rd |
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Stillness Infants |
020 8690 1208 |
Brockley Rise |
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Stillness Primary |
020 8690 1416 |
Brockley Rise |
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Telegraph Hill School |
020 7732 2122 |
Wallbutton Rd |
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Turnham Primary |
020 7639 0440 |
Turnham Rd |
